Posted in NY/NJ/CT and So Cal... now here:

Will try to make this quick.

Moved from CA to NJ and moving to FL in a month

I got a ticket a few months back in NJ but I had my CA license at the time....

Its $85...

I now have a NJ license... I know NJ has an option where I can pay like 300-400 bucks and it will be ZERO points. But if the points wont catch up to me I could care less...

OR should I wait to pay it for another month and by that time have a FL license? The ticket would then have to go from NJ dmv to CA dmv, back to NJ dmv and then to FL

Maybe it'll fall through the cracks?

 

'cause these systems are pretty 'loose' when it comes to auditing and reconciliation -

My guess, based on a fair amount of experience with the "pact" states that share citations, is that it would not catch up to you.

Here's why -

Florida will pull your NJ DMV history (just like you can online), and it is a point in time thing, not a recurring thing. The CA DMV will be notified of the ticket once you close it out - by paying it, going to court, etc. Then CA *might* see you have a new license, and forward it on. This is slim - as when you get a new license in another state, they just notify the old state to void your old license.. There was never any reconciliation of the old state knowing what your new DL# is (5 years ago).

*If* CA sends the citation back to NJ, it will be another month at the minimum (prob well after, however) before it gets to NJ's system.

At this point, NJ knows about it. The key is to get a FL DL before this occurs.

When NJ gets the citation info they will not know to send the info to FL as they would a normal FL license (which, still takes about 4 months). If NJ sees FL notified them of your new license in FL (which they tend to do), NJ *might* see the incoming ticket and forward it. But VERY slim chance.

I'm not giving you legal advice, but I would say you have a 99.9% chance of it never catching up.